You've got to fight for your right to poultry: Could backyard chickens become a reality in London?5/10/2020 Molly MiksaMolly Miksa is a student in Western University's master of media in journalism and communication program. She is also a photographer, mother of two, environmentalist, cycling advocate and proud Londoner. Now, perhaps more than any time in recent memory, people are looking for ways to produce food at home. Raising backyard chickens is an option for some. But not for Londoners. This potential source of daily fresh eggs is something people in various parts of Ontario may be considering. While bylaws making urban chickens legal have been passed in Guelph (1985), Kingston (2011) and Kitchener (2016), and while pilot projects are underway in cities including Toronto and Orillia, poultry are still outlawed in London. Brooke Hutton is a renegade chicken keeper. She’s been raising chickens at her home in North London for eight or nine years. It started as an educational project, her sons raising the first birds from when they were chicks.
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